As a request by Zen-chan, I’ve decided to gather my own thoughts and do a proper review for Minori Chihara latest album, Parade. Considering it’s quite an old album (9 months old to be exact from the release date), I thought I wouldn’t bother considering many Minori fans already bought it and/or listened to it over and over again but digging deeper into my thoughts, I wonder “What about the people who are not yet decided on Minori and/or not convinced yet it’s good?”
Well, this is where I came in and hopefully clear up some if not all of your doubts about the album. Also, if you new and interested, this review may serve you as a poison guide to Minori fandom. xD

So Parade is Minori Chihara 3rd solo album and my first album from her. Many of you know her as the seiyuu of Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Chiaki Minami from Minami-ke. There are many others out there where I’m sure many of you know her well but these 2 are the ones who stands out the most for me. Her full list of seiyuu role can be found here.

So what makes this album so great? Not only she has a great seiyuu voice who can take the role on many unique characters, but her singing ability is just phenomenon. At first, I thought with the voice like Yuki Nagato (I swear, I thought her real voice was like Yuki lol), there’s no way she could sing at all but after doing a more thorough research, I was proven wrong. The moment I listened to Paradise Lost, the OP of Ga-Rei -Zero-, I was impressed and when I saw the PV, I was just BLOWN away by her talent and from that point onwards, I knew I was more intrigued than I ever was before.

Now that she’s one of my favourite seiyuu and Jpop singers, picking up this album was the right choice because there are many other tracks inside which took my breath away. Another few of my favourite includes Melty tale storage and Ameagari no Hana yo Sake (Let the Flower Bloom After the Rain). Both of these songs are just incredible and it’s one of the reasons why I’ve become a fan of her so quickly. xD

Tsuruya-chan is always laughing at me. >_>

So with a total of 14 songs in this album, every cent or yen put into it was worth it. With so much variety track by track, it’s not surprising I ‘fanboy’ every ’so’ moment and you might too. LOL

Unfortunately, the Regular edition is only available and that’s what I’ve got. Considering I’m already 9 months late, it’s not surprising the Limited edition has disappeared for good because I would’ve love to have gotten the photo book and I read there was a B2 poster inside as well. Bummer -_-

It’s not too late to get into the fandom of Minori. This album is so good, it doesn’t get boring after every playback. ^^

Below are some of my favourite tracks so enjoy. ^^

Melty Tale Storage

Ameagari no Hana yo Sake (Let the Flower Bloom After the Rain)

Paradise Lost LIVE version

YES, I like LIVE now. Someone managed to (finally) hit my ’sweet spot’ XD

Everlasting -unplugged session-